Damn tough..gave Rajya Sabha exam...my rank is in 700s & 98.xx percentile...even if they call 20x for mains, still they will be calling at the max 500 people + mine is general..so in this case, if one is general candidate, aim for top 50 in prelims

Damn tough..gave Rajya Sabha exam...my rank is in 700s & 98.xx percentile...even if they call 20x for mains, still they will be calling at the max 500 people + mine is general..so in this case, if one is general candidate, aim for top 50 in prelims

Thats crazy

The paper must have been very easy. What were the GS questions like?

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